ROALD AMUNDSEN

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• ROALD AMUNDSEN (noun)
  The noun ROALD AMUNDSEN has 1 sense:

1. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928)

  Familiarity information: ROALD AMUNDSEN used as a noun is very rare.

• ROALD AMUNDSEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Amundsen; Roald Amundsen

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

 Context examples 

In decades prior, major British expeditions had attempted to be the first to reach the North and South Poles only to come in second place behind the Americans (Robert Peary's expedition to the North Pole) and the Norwegians (Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole).

(Everest, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)